Yes, I would love to have the data. I know John Atwood Mason's descendants, I need to know his ancestors. Pat Johns in Va. In a message dated 8/27/2011 11:35:44 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: yes I do I have what a cousin has gone and gotten, how do you want me to send it and do you want my family with it. > Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:40:47 -0400 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: A MASON FAMILY ACCORDING TO DNA > To: [log in to unmask] > > Bernice, > > I have Betty, I also have she had 4 children. Have you been able to > locate John's parents? My husbands line is through John Atwood Mason and Lula > Moring Mason's dau. Eva Octavia Mason who married George Johns, Sr. > > Pat > > > In a message dated 8/25/2011 9:43:07 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [log in to unmask] writes: > > A Betty Mason is my great gandmother, her parents is John Mason and Martha > Gilliam dont know much more can you help from there. Betty married a > Ranson and I have all of that if you want to see it. Thanks Bernice > > > > Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:40:15 -0400 > > From: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: Re: A MASON FAMILY ACCORDING TO DNA > > To: [log in to unmask] > > > > I have a Mason line in Virginia. John M. Mason b. 1806 d. 1886 married > > Martha Gilliam in 1842. Do any of you know who his parents were? They > were > > in Buckingham Co., Va. 1840-1880. > > > > Pat C. Johns in Va. > > > > > > In a message dated 8/24/2011 9:07:48 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > > [log in to unmask] writes: > > > > Karen - > > > > I am looking for information on a Larkin B. (prob. Blake) Mason b. 29 > Oct > > 1801 in Georgia - d. 9 Jun 1892 Henry County, Georgia > > married: > > Rachel Harriet Price b. 29 Mar 1815 Virginia - d. 19 Feb 1897 Henry > > County, > > Georgia > > > > Children: > > Mary E. 'Matilda' Mason m. Capt. William Thomas York CSA > > Jasper Mason > > Elizabeth A. 'Betsy'Mason m. 2nd Lt. Larkin Blake York CSA (State Guard) > > John Mason > > William Mason > > Lucinda Virginia 'Lucie' Mason m. Pvt. Josiah Cowan York, Jr., CSA > > Frank B. Mason > > Larkin Mason 'Lark' > > Andreas J. Mason > > Francis Mason > > > > I know they had an aunt in Paulding or Polk County, and that is where > they > > probably met the York boys - but no one seems to know the origins of > their > > father, Larkin B. Mason. Any assistance would be more than helpful and > > appreciated. > > Diane S Sanfilippo > > [log in to unmask] > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "KAREN DALE" <[log in to unmask]> > > To: <[log in to unmask]> > > Sent: Monday, August 22, 2011 6:32 PM > > Subject: [VA-ROOTS] A MASON FAMILY ACCORDING TO DNA > > > > > > Descendants of the following Mason men have tested E1b1b1 on the YDNA > test > > (see results at http://www.ncroots.com/DNA-Mason-Worldwide/) and the > > matches are close enough that they are all one family. Evidence suggests > > the family was in the Northern Neck of Virginia—probably Stafford—by > the > > late 1600s, but with a dearth of records it is difficult to determine > how > > these Mason lines might be connected. I am posting this list for several > > reasons—the most important being that I’m stuck. Hearing from anyone > > with > > additional information on any of them would be thrilling! > > > > The other reason is that many of these men have been falsely attached to > > various Mason families where they don’t belong. I’ve found so many > > different > > versions of their origins on various websites that it is difficult to > keep > > in focus. One file at Ancestry has William (#3) as the son of John Mason > > (#1) and Mary Nelson and having the children of both their son William > (a > > Baptist minister who lived and died in Culpeper Co. VA—never was in KY) > > and > > the William Mason who lived in Lincoln Co. KY. The ONLY one of these > > Mason > > men there is any proof of parentage for is John (#1) whose probable > father > > William left ample evidence of his existence in Stafford Co. VA. Stated > > parents for any of the rest are simply guesses—and often wrong. I can > > prove > > those guesses were wrong—in short who their parents were NOT—but I > cannot > > prove who the father of any of them (except John #1) was. > > > > I am posting this on a number of boards and mail lists, hoping those of > > you > > interested in any of these Mason lines will join me in finding facts and > > not > > relying on someone else’s earlier guess work. And if your family has > Mason > > male, PLEASE do the DNA test. It’s the only way we’ll ever sort out the > > many > > Mason lines in Virginia. ~Karen Dale > > > > 1. John Mason-1722-1797--Stafford Co. VA. Married Mary Nelson in > > Stafford/Overwharton Parish, 27 Nov 1747. Some of the Masons listed in > > Overwharton records are their children (and others are probably John’s > > siblings, but I can’t prove that yet). This line has been thoroughly > > researched by a number of people. DNA matches in the E1b1b1 group > include > > descendants of his sons Lewis (lived in Stafford) and William (lived in > > Culpeper). His father was probably the William Mason who died in > Stafford > > ca. 1745. Ten years later, John Mason was living and paying taxes on the > > same 100 acres William Mason inherited from his stepfather, William > > Wentworth Matheny. William’s mother was Frances, but she was NOT Frances > > Norsworthy as many family trees on Ancestry and other sites claim. > William’ > > s > > wife when he died was named Jane, but she may not have been the mother > of > > his older children—or any of his children for that matter. > > > > 2. James Mason, b. ca 1740; died in Culpeper Co.VA ca. 1779. Married > > Mary Broderick, daughter of Sarah Hammett and Christopher Broderick. A > > 1769 > > deed for land in Culpeper says he was “of Stafford Co.” and a 1772 deed > > in > > Culpeper says “of this county.” This line has been thoroughly > researched > > from James to the present, but still no indication of parents for James. > > It > > is possible he’s a younger brother or half-brother to John Mason (above) > > but > > no evidence for that has been found. . > > 3. William Mason, born ca. 1740, married Sarah, lived in Greenbrier > > VA > > (daughter Jane married John McCandless in Greenbrier 5 Apr 1785) > > during/after the Revolution; moved to Lincoln Co. KY ca. 1786. He was > too > > old to be the son of John Mason of Augusta/Botetourt as many claim. > > According to baptismal records, John’s second son, William, was born no > > earlier than 1750, but William of Lincoln Co. KY had a daughter, Jane, > who > > was born May 3, 1764--and she was probably his second child. He could > not > > possibly be the son of John Mason of Augusta/Botetourt unless he married > > at > > 12! Also no evidence that William Mason’s wife Sarah was a McKeachy. Her > > name probably started with Mc—but no indication what the full name was. > > McKeachy was a guess/hearsay. > > > > 4. Gilbert Mason born ca. 1740, died Bedford Co. VA 1781. In 1762, he > > witnessed a deed in Fauquier Co. VA. Married Elizabeth Dale, probably in > > Bedford Co. VA, probably about 1764. DNA evidence from a line descended > > from a William Mason of Elbert Co, GA who was married to a Jane Pollard. > > According to a record in GA, both were born in VA. Gilbert and Elizabeth > > had a son William and this appears to be he. William of GA named one son > > Gilbert and another Reuben (also a son of Gilbert Mason, named after the > > > Dale line). It would help if another line—perhaps from Gilbert’s sons > > Reuben > > or Lewis—would do the DNA test. > > > > 5. Gerard Alexander Mason, married 1818 in Effingham GA: > > Mason, Jarred A. married Treutlen [Maiden name Wisenbaker—married first > a > > Tribner?], Ann Mary 02/04/1818; one child, Richard Alexander Thaddeus > > Mason > > born 28 Dec 1818. > > Mary Ann Mason married Benjamin Kennedy 3/27/1824 in Effingham. > > Mary Ann Kennedy left a will dated 1828 in which she says her first > > husband, > > Gerrard Alexander Mason, was deceased and that he was “of North Carolina. > ” > > > > There is no evidence at all that this Gerard Alexander Mason was the > > grandson of George Mason of Gunston Hall as many (including Gunston Hall > > genealogists) have claimed. The scion of Gunston Hall was ten years > > younger > > than Mary Ann Wisenbaker and he appears on Prince William VA tax rolls > > until > > his death in 1849. He left a will which names only his brother and a > > nephew—no mention of a son in GA (or by that time in SC). > > > > 6. James Mason born 1810/11, perhaps in Fauquier Co. VA; died 1865. > > Married in Fauquier Co. VA Frances Latham and Leona Hewitt and appears > in > > the Fauquier census through 1860. Many family files claim he was the son > > of > > Colbert Mason and Margaret Rogers; however, census records for Colbert > > never > > include a male born ca. 1810/11. The only James Mason in Fauquier tax > > records shows up first in 1830—a notation calls him the son of George. > > > > 7. John Mason, born about 1821 in VA; married Emeline Millner in > > Roanoke Co. VA Feb. 18, 1840. I had guessed that he was a grandson of > > Martin Mason of Bedford/Botetourt largely because that’s the only Mason > > family in Roanoke in that time period and because he associated with > > them—paid taxes at the same time as several; married a girl who was an > > immediate neighbor of Martin’s grandson Washington Mason, etc. However, > > a > > DNA test by a descendant of Washington did not match the E1b1b1 group. > > Much > > more work needs to be done on the Martin Mason family and on this John > > Mason. > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the > instructions > > at > > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html > > > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the > instructions > > at > > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html > > > > > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the > instructions at > > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > at > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html